Discontinuous textualization and latent cohesion in Emil Cioran' texts: a translation study

The fragmented Cioranian text represents an atypical discourse situated between literature, philosophy, and translation studies. The fragments function as autonomous yet interdependent units, requiring an interpretative rather than linear reading. Coherence relies not on narrative continuity but on subtle semantic relations such as equivalence, inclusion, and intersection. Repetition, coreference, and contextual contiguities create an internal textual memory, while the absence of explicit connectors forces the reader to reconstruct relationships through logic and cultural knowledge. As a result, the translator must convey not only lexemes but also the tension, ambiguity, and fragmentary structure. Semantic macrostructures and titles both divide and unify the discourse, generating coherence through thematic identity and variation. Rhetorical questions, paradoxes, and aphorisms establish a tacit dialogue with the reader. Part-whole relations shape meaning and require interpreting cultural presuppositions, while the visual iconicity of the fragment must be preserved. Thus, Cioran's fragmented text becomes a laboratory of implicit coherence that demands creative hermeneutics.